TEST BANK For Essentials of Nursing Leadership & Management 8thEdition by Sally A.Weiss

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Chapter 1. Characteristics of a Profession. Chapt
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er 2. Professional Ethics and Values. Chapter 3.
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Nursing Practice and the Law. Chapter 4. Leader
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ship and Followership. Chapter 5. The NURSE a
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s a Manager of Care.
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Chapter 6. Delegation and Prioritization of Client Care Staffing.
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Chapter 7. Communicating with Others and Working with the Interprofessional Team. Chapter
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d8. Resolving Problems and Conflicts.
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Chapter 9. Organizations, Power and Professional Empowerment. Chapter
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d10. Organizations, People and Change.
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Chapter 11. Quality and Safety.
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Chapter 12. Maintaining a Safe Work Environment. Chapter
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13. Promoting a Healthy Work Environments. Chapter 14. L
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aunching your Career. d d



Chapter 15. Advancing your Career. Chapte
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r 16. What the Future Holds.
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Weiss,dEssentialsdofdNursingdLeadershipdanddManagement,8thd edition

Chapterd1:dCharacteristicsdofdadProfession—AnswersdanddRationales


1. Professionalismdhasdbeendhistoricallyddifficultdtoddefine.dEarlyddefinitionsdofdprofessionalismdi
ncludeddwhichdofdthedfollowingdcharacteristics?
A. Expertise
B. Empathy
C. Ethicaldanddmoraldvalues
D. Honesty

CORRECTdANSWERdA
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A. Thisdisdcorrect.dOlderddefinitionsdofdprofessionalismdonlydlookdatdknowledgedanddexpertis
e.
B. Thisdisdincorrect.dEmpathydisdadmoderndcharacteristicdofdprofessionaldbehavior.
C. Thisdisdincorrect.dAdcodedofdethicsdanddmoraldvaluesdaredmoredrecentdcharacteristicsdofdprofe
ssionalism.
D. Thisdisdincorrect.dHonestydisdadmoredrecentdcharacteristicdofdprofessionaldbehavior.


2. AdregistereddNURSEd(RN)dwhodusuallydusesdpublicdtransportationdhasdnotdreneweddherddriver
’sdlicense.dDuringdadrecentdcardtripdwithdadfriend,dshedtookdoverddrivingdwhendherdfrienddbecame
tired.dWhichdofdthedfollowingdisdtrue?
A. Shedhasdacteddindadprofessionaldmanner.
B. ShedmaydlosedherdRNdlicensedforddrivingdwithoutdadlicense.
C. Shedshoulddrenewdherddriver’sdlicensedasdsoondasdpossible.
D. Underdthedcircumstances,dshedwilldnotdbedfaulteddforddrivingdwithoutdadlicense.

CORRECTdANSWERdB
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A. Thisdisdincorrect.dProfessionalismdrequiresdNURSEsdtodavoiddillegaldbehaviors.Driv
ingdwithoutdadlicensedisdillegal.
B. Thisdisdcorrect.dDrivingdwithoutdadlicensedisddeemeddandunprofessionaldanddillegaldbe
haviordfordwhichdadNURSEdmaydlosedhisdordherdlicense.
C. Thisdisdincorrect.dItdisdupdtodthedindividualdtoddecidedifdshedshoulddrenewdherdlicens
e.
D. Thisdisdincorrect.dDrivingdwithoutdadvalidddriver’sdlicensedisdillegal,danddthedNURSE
maydlosedherdnursingdlicense.

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3. AndRNdvisitsdadmiddledschooldclassdtoddiscussdthedprofessiondofdnursing.dWhichdofdthedf
ollowingdstatementsdisdtruedofdnursing?
A. NURSEsdmustdgraduatedfromdnursingdschooldindorderdtodobtaindadlicensedtodpractice.
B. Nursingdisdadvocationdthatdrequiresdcontinuousdeducation.
C. NURSEsdfunctiondautonomouslydwithindtheirdscopedofdpractice.
D. NURSEsdmustdadheredtodexpecteddprofessionaldbehaviorsdindtheirdlives.

CORRECTdANSWERdC
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A. Thisdisdincorrect.dNURSEsdmustdgraduatedfromdadnursingdprogramdtodbedeligibledtodtakedt
heNCLEXdexamination.dNURSEsdmustdpassdthedNCLEXdexaminationdindorderdtodbedeli
gibletodobtaindadlicensedtodpractice.dPassingdthedNCLEXdexaminationddemonstratesdthed
NURSEdhasdreceiveddspecializeddeducationdanddtrainingdanddenablesdthedNURSEdtodobta
indadlicensetodpracticedindthedstate.
B. Thisdisdincorrect.dAlthoughdlifelongdlearningdisdrequireddindnursing,dnursingdisdadprofessio
ndratherdthandadvocation.
C. Thisdisdcorrect.dRatherdthandbeingdassistantsdtoddoctors,dNURSEsdaredabledtodfunctiondaut
onomouslydwithindtheirdscopedofdpractice.dNURSEsdformulatedandddeliverdadplandofdcaref
ordclients,dutilizingdnursingdjudgmentdanddcriticaldthinkingdskillsdtodmakeddecisionsdindclie
ntdcare.
D. Thisdisdincorrect.dThedstatedboardsdofdnursingdexpectdNURSEsdtodupholddprofession
aldstandardsdofdbehaviordindtheirdpracticedanddpersonaldlivesdindorderdtodmaintaindthe
irlicense.


4. AndRNdisdreviewingdprofessionaldbehaviordexpectationsdwithdadgroupdofdnewdNURSEs.dWhichdo
fthedfollowingdstatementsdshoulddbedincludeddindthedteaching?
A. ItdisdOKdtoddiscussdyourddaysdatdworkdondsocialdmedia.
B. Whendyoudaredpassionatedaboutdadtopic,dspeakdupdindblogsdanddforums.
C. Yourdbehaviordoutsidedofdthedpracticedsettingdisdupdtodyoudanddwilldnotdimpactdyourdli
cense.
D. NURSEsdmaydlosedtheirdlicensesdfordunprofessionaldactions.

CORRECTdANSWERdD
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A. Thisdisdincorrect.dInappropriatedusedofdsocialdmediadmaydleaddtodadNURSEdlosingdhis
ordherdlicense.
B. Thisdisdincorrect.dEmotionallydchargeddblogsdordforumsdmaydbeddeemeddunprofessio
naldbehavior.
C. Thisdisdincorrect.dNURSEsdaredexpecteddtodbehavedindadprofessionaldmannerdindbotht
heirdpersonaldanddprofessionaldlives.